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Ajat Chicken Mild Thai Yellow Curry

Thai Yellow Curry

Name: Thai Yellow Curry
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1 packet of My Thai Curry Yellow Curry paste.; 500 g of chicken breast or thighs.; 250 g small or baby potatoes.; 400 mL Coconut milk.; 2 medium white onion plus 1 more for garnish (optional).; Coriander for garnish.; 1 part sugar.; 1 part white vinegar.; 1 small red onion or shallot.; 1 mild red or green chili.; 1 piece of cucumber.

July 20, 2016 4 Comments

Nitsa Takhiansok

Thai Yellow Curry

Rated 4.5 stars by 11 users

Cuisine

Thai

Servings

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Calories

465

Thai Yellow Curry paste is unusual for its subtle use of Indian spices that blend harmoniously with the ingredients more normally associated with Thai curries to create a mild curry dish that is popular with those who don’t want a full blown Thai Spicy experience! This dish is also accompanied by an easily made relish named “ajat” that is a wonderful palette cleanser, it would be unthinkable to serve this dish in Thailand without the relish so I would really recommend following the easy steps to make it.

Ingredients

1 packet of My Thai Curry Yellow Curry paste.

Yellow Curry Ingredients

500 g of chicken breast or thighs.
250 g small or baby potatoes.
400 mL Coconut milk.
2 medium white onion plus 1 more for garnish (optional).
Coriander for garnish.

Ajat Ingredients.

1 part sugar.
1 part white vinegar.
1 small red onion or shallot.
1 mild red or green chili.
1 piece of cucumber.

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Directions

Making the Ajat.

Mix one part sugar with one part white vinegar (don’t use brown vinegar!) The amount of vinegar and sugar used depends on how much ajat you are going to serve, you will need enough to cover the vegetables. Warm for 20 seconds in a microwave or boil together until sugar is dissolved. Put to one side and allow to cool down.
Chop the remaining chillies, cucumber and onion into small pieces and place in a small serving bowl.
When you are ready to serve the curry you can pour the vinegar sugar mixture into the bowl and mix thoroughly.

Making the Yellow Curry

If you’re going to serve the curry with the fried onion garnish it is easy to make this ahead of the curry, thinly slice the required amount of onions and fry in vegetable oil and drain on kitchen paper and set aside. An alternative to this is buying the pre-cooked crispy onions available in most supermarkets these days.
If you have baby potatoes boil until just tender and set aside. If the potatoes you have are a little larger then halve them and boil till tender.
Slice the onions into rings around 1 cm thickness and then quarter them and set them aside.
Cut the chicken into chunks and heat in the pan with a spoonful of vegetable oil until it is just starting to brown.
Add the curry paste to the pan and bring to a simmer.
Add half a can of coconut milk, if possible try to use the thicker half of the coconut milk at the top of the can and cook for another three minutes.
Add the potatoes and the sliced onions and stir through.
Add all or some of the remainder of the coconut milk depending on how thick you like your curry to be.
Cover the pan and simmer over a low heat for 20 minutes. Allow to cool for 10 minutes.
Pour the vinegar sugar mixture over the ajat ingredients and stir through.
Serve the curry with a garnish of coriander with rice and the ajat relish on the side. The relish is eaten as you would with any relish or chutney, my preference is to just scoop the chopped vegetables onto my plate leaving any liquid behind. Enjoy!

Recipe Note

As always using the “right” type of coconut milk is a game-changer. See here.

Nutrition

Serving Size 1 serving
Calories 465, Sugar 7.6 grams, Sodium 183 milligrams, Fat 27.6 grams, Saturated Fat 19.3 grams, Carbs 25.1 grams, Fiber 3.6 grams, Protein 32.8 grams, Cholesterol 91.3 milligrams

4 Responses

Jordan C

December 22, 2022

I’ve been to Thailand twice, I’ve never been able to recreate anything as good as the curries over there. Until now.
Your curry paste and recipes are outstanding. I’ve made a few of them, including the pork and meatball, both red and green curries, that yellow curry was the best yet.
Thank you.

Just need a decent som tum recipe now.

Simon Heape

July 22, 2019

I made the Thai Chicken and potato curry exactly as per the recipe other than a squirt of lime juice just before serving and it was gorgeous, mild and fragrant. I normally like a bit of chilli hit but certainly didn’t miss it here. A definite keeper!

Carolyn Fisher

July 18, 2018

This is my second lot of these pastes. Got one of each to try and loved them so much that ordered more. Really tasty and vibrant. They taste as good as any Thai restaurant food. Instructions easy to follow and there are extra tips about the right sort of coconut milk, the relishes and adding in fried onion and so on. The yellow and massaman are our favourites, we like the red as well, but the green ( even the milder one) is a tadge too hot for our taste buds, but I guess if we kept using it we’d adjust.
Well done and we’ll keep on buying them as they are so good.

Paul Saunders

January 28, 2018

I am not a person to leave reviews but felt I had to after trying the red Thai paste. I always try and make all my own pastes from scratch but find it difficult to get a lot of the ingredients where we live. I would rate my self as a fairly good accomplished cook and thus am picky about where I get my ingredients from and the effort and time I put into my cooking. I Never buy ready made pastes from the supermarket as I make better myself. I decided to buy a couple of pastes just to try them after the positive reviews on here and I can say Nitsa has managed to get the authentic taste of Thailand in her pastes and I cannot recommend her products enough. Amazing keep up the good work, will definitely be ordering from you again.

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